A Jewish Community Center Addresses the Needs of the Visually Impaired Older Adult


 

Publication Date: January 1986

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Selma Sweetbaum

Research Area: Culture and religion; Population and demographics

Keywords: Health; Elderly; Disability

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

"Blindness is not a handicap. It is an inconvenience." This is the fundamental premise undergirding the Internal Light Program at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, a belief that the visually impaired older adult can actively participate in life—at the Center and in his community and that a visually impaired older adult can continue to make a contribution to the community.